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    “So what am I in for with the students?”
    Alex answers since I can’t think of anything not stupid to say. I feel very shy around him. Like I want to be impressive and sound mature but don’t know how to do it. I zone out while the guys talk and start to wander around the first floor, wondering how he can afford this place if he is just going to be a teacher’s assistant. Not to mention how he is only nineteen and living in one of the upper scale neighborhoods in the area. Our parents are a lawyer and a psychiatrist and all the other neighbors have their own law or medical practice, some own their own business or are CPAs. All Cole supposedly does is tour with the symphony and he can’t make that much money at it because I have never heard of him.
    “My parents were wealthy and left me their estate,” Cole whispers into my ear. I jump at his closeness and throw my hand over my chest as I try to catch my breath. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you,” he tells me sincerely. “I could read the questions on your face.” I look at him confusedly. “Were you not just wondering how I could afford this at the ripe young age of nineteen?”
    I feel blood rush to my face and I know that I am blushing. I turn away from him and toward the massive grand piano, hoping I can hide behind it, embarrassed that he knew what I was thinking. How many more young people out there don’t have parents?
    It seems like a funny coincidence that two people I meet today had parents pass away when they were young. I don’t want to mention my curiosity of his departed parents. I already hurt Ollie’s feelings today by mentioning how I’m looking for my second set of parents.
    I run my fingers over the keys of the piano and strike a few to hear that it’s in tune. I love the feel of ivory against my fingers. So silky, yet strong, like glass.
    “Do you play?” Cole smiles, his question shows in his eyes.
    “Maybe,” I flirt with him. “My dad did say I was superb.” I laugh at my own joke and Cole’s smile widens, reaching his eyes.
    “What do you play?”
    I don’t answer him. I sit down at the piano and start playing ‘Chopsticks’. He laughs at me and comes over to help play. I feel more comfortable around him when I play the flirting game. It gives me a sense of control. When I first saw him at the door of my house I didn’t feel in control and it made me nervous. But now that I’ve hit the switch that turns on the flirtatious side of me, I can feel more relaxed with him.
    Alex walks into the room then, reminding me that he was here. I stop playing abruptly and ask, “Where were you?”
    His face is lit up like a Christmas tree. He talks in an excited rush, “Cole has an awesome telescope. The magnification on it is like five times better than mine. You got to check it out. You can see the moons of Jupiter so clearly.” I’m a little impressed, Alex has a really good telescope, and we use it all the time for our astronomy club. “Come on, you got to see it.” He waves his hand for me to follow him.
    I look at Cole a little embarrassed for my brother who is acting like a kid in a candy store. “I’ll show it to you,” Cole says. He stands up and holds his hand out to me to help me up. I feel smitten towards him. No guys our age would hold their hand out to help a girl. I always wanted someone to, but most guys are just in a rush to go, go, go and they don’t wait for the girls.
    I give Cole my hand and he leads me to the backdoor. Alex is already ahead of us and back at the telescope.
    “Do you like astronomy too?” Cole asks.
    “We are twins,” I tell him as an answer.
    “I think you will really enjoy this,” Alex says as he steps away from the eyepiece. I come to a stop in front of a huge telescope with more gears and switches than I have ever seen on one before. I look into the eyepiece and see the four Galilean moons of Jupiter. They are much clearer than I have seen before. In Alex’s telescope